Wikiklesia Volume 2, Taking Flight: Reclaiming the Female Half of God’s Image through Advocacy and Renewal, explores the changing views and perceptions of women’s roles and status both in faith community and throughout the world. In this collaborative volume, we hear from a wide diversity of established and bestselling authors, theologians, bloggers, leaders and practitioners, pastors, artists, entrepreneurs and a former U.S. president, offering a fresh approach to the theme of gender and gender roles amidst post-industrial tsunami’s in society and economy. This changing landscape is not one the church can fail to negotiate and hope to successfully navigate the future. Will it react, engage in unremitting theological debate, or will it act by seeking the high ground of integrity, balance and harmony in the awareness of God’s call. Is it possible?
Contributions include:
Reimagining a Woman’s Role in the Church by Frank Viola
Coloring Outside the Christian Circle By Becky Garrison
Why We Need Mothers & Fathers & Sisters & Brothers & Daughters & Sons By Kathy Escobar
Leadership Lenses, Jungian Archetypes and Gender By Leonard Hjalmarson
Shoulders to Stand On: The role of men in restoring the woman’s voice By Jeff McQuilkin
My piece is an expanded version of my original post called The Courageous Imagination – A Call to Men
My Abstract: Deep within the heart of a man is the desire to fight for something. Yet also embedded within a man is the destructive bent to rule over the woman. History is littered with the undeniable evidence of oppression towards women. What would happen if men took up the courageous call to address one of the deepest needs of the heart by restoring one of our deepest bents, to literally change the course of history and fight for women.
The project is now out and available through Samizdat Creative. The price is ridiculously cheap for such a great collection of voices.
What People Are Saying
“Taking Fight is an important project that brings together a rich array of diverse voices to discuss the issues facing women in our world today. It is refreshing and challenging to read a book like this that provides strong theological groundings, historical perspectives and examples from today’s world that are both instructive and insightful. I would highly recommend this book.”
Christine Sine
Executive Director Mustard Seed Associates
“Wow. I found Taking Flight to be a thoroughly captivating book from the first page. It is thoughtful and provoking, relevant but never reactionary. It is full of Scriptural precedents and historical background while offering prophetic insight as to what’s coming up next. So
many issues of great importance and all of them dealt with fairly and passionately.”
Andrew Jones, The Boaz Project
“Taking Flight lives up to its title! The collaborative nature of this project gives witness to the power and creativity of a Christ-centered community rather than futile discursive matches. When grounded in Christ, it is possible to soar in hope that men and women serving together can be reconciling forces in a world desperately needing our full attention and contributions. Thoroughly enjoyed reading it!
Dr. MaryKate Morse
Author, Making Room for Leadership and Professor at George Fox Seminary
